Rita of Pink Bites' entry of a tropical parfait featuring mangoes, toasted coconut flakes, and frozen yogurt reminded me of these banana and coconut frozen yogurt popsicles I had made earlier this summer.

This recipe started out as an attempt to recreate Thai caramelized bananas with toasted coconut flakes that I made years ago. But my bananas were too ripe and fell apart. So I added in some plain yogurt and was going to make my Homemade Frozen Yogurt with it instead. But then I forgot about it in the freezer so it solidified. Added all the events together and a light bulb went off. I let the mixture melt, filled my popsicle tray, and made these banana and coconut frozen yogurt popsicles.

If you don't have a popsicle tray, you can fill the mixture into ice cube trays and insert toothpicks, or fill small paper cups and insert a bamboo skewer.

Toast 1/3 cup coconut flakes in a dry pan on the stove top until it becomes slightly golden. Set aside.

Melt 2 tblsp sugar and 2 tblsp butter in a pan until it starts to thicken. Add the banana and let it absorb the sugars and caramelize. Then turn off the heat, add the toasted coconut flakes and mash everything together with a potato masher. Let the mixture cool down in the fridge.

Then add one or two 8-oz containers of plain yogurt and mix thoroughly.

It's sad that I'm keeping in touch with you through your blog, when I can get a minute to do none-work related stuff (shop, travel plans, blogs, read eBooks). :(

This one hits home...I must have been 5 the last time I had this. My grandma takes a ripe banana, put on piece of saran wrap, press/flatten lightly, pour on thick coconut milk, toasted coconut flakes & peanuts... then wrap up tightly, place in freezer. No popsicle holders - I think we were too poor at the tiem to have such a tool. ahhhhh...I can still see her making it in my mind, but I have not had it since.

From all things I make in kitchen, homemade popsicles is just not one of them. Shame on me! These looks insanely delicious!!! WeekendWokking, okay..I was hoping to chime in, let's see..coconut coconut! I still have few days - chop chop chop.

I have to hide this post frm AR! He is such a coconut fan that he will probably drool over the computer. I'm ok with coconut but not sure if I will like it in an ice-cream though. Have to say that I have taken a fancy towards coconut cream/milk these days.

I just made these this week and they were AMAZING! Thanks so much for sharing your recipe. I doubled the coconut in the recipe because we love coconut, and the popsicles are just stuffed with it= fabulous! I also added coconut rum to four of them to make a more "adult" popsicle. I found your recipe on the TipNut website of the 50 best homemade popsicle recipes at http://tipnut.com/homemade-popsicles/. I am going to attempt to make a lot of them this summer, I am excited! Thanks again!

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